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Midtown Urbanist
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It is nice to know that employment has been slowly increasing.
Though I am still unhappy with the trend of development projects removing office space compared to adding them. Y+E is about to become the intersection of two rapid transit lines, it should be where we concentrate employment.
Though I am still unhappy with the trend of development projects removing office space compared to adding them. Y+E is about to become the intersection of two rapid transit lines, it should be where we concentrate employment.
WillTo
Senior Member
amnesiajune
Senior Member
Late reply. You're not wrong at all, but the problem is that there isn't much demand for office space there, since it's probably the least accessible of Toronto's commercial centres. Even though there are two subways intersecting there, it's still extremely inaccessible from the 905, which is now where a majority of the GTA's population lives - any transit commute costs $300+ per month for those people. Anyone who wants office space will be more likely to set up shop downtown or somewhere in the 905 (especially with the subway going up to Highway 7 soon).
gregv
Active Member
https://twitter.com/YongeStClair/status/902215989496094724
First look at the 'Ravine Bench' being installed here at #YongeStClair. Keep an eye out for it outside 2 St. Clair E!
First look at the 'Ravine Bench' being installed here at #YongeStClair. Keep an eye out for it outside 2 St. Clair E!
Torontovibe
Senior Member
DonValleyRainbow
Senior Member
Taken a couple mornings ago.
gregv
Active Member
March 27 at 5:30pm. 1499 Yonge Street
SEE OUR PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS FOR PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS!
The Yonge + St. Clair BIA has been developing a Streetscape Master Plan to reimagine the streetscape and determine investments in the public realm over the next 5 - 10 years.
We're inviting members of the public, local stakeholders, businesses, and property owners to view our preliminary concepts for new public realm improvements including:
- Sidewalk enhancements
- Paving materials
- Trees and vegetation
- Street furniture (benches, bike racks, etc)
- Public Art
- Gateway features
- Lighting
The evening will include a short presentation by the BIA and our landscape consultants (Janet Rosenberg & Studio and Gensler), and remarks by Councillor Josh Matlow. Panels will be on display for review and feedback.
gregv
Active Member
Yonge + St. Clair BIA streetscape concepts (pdf file):
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
I updated the first post.
I also found this image from one of the Midtown in Focus reports, which shows a massing model of how Midtown may evolve in the future (based on the Staff Recommended Option back in 2018, which has since been rejected by the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs, so expect potentially denser than the depiction below).
I also found this image from one of the Midtown in Focus reports, which shows a massing model of how Midtown may evolve in the future (based on the Staff Recommended Option back in 2018, which has since been rejected by the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs, so expect potentially denser than the depiction below).
AlbertC
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The Rose and Crown pub facing an uncertain future and may be forced to close:
www.blogto.com
Toronto pub says they might be forced to close after 40 years in business
Before it's even fully able to reopen, a 40-year-old Toronto pub and restaurant faces closure this summer. The Rose and Crown has been a staple in ...
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WillTo
Senior Member
AlbertC
Superstar
The Regent Theatre on 551 Mount Pleasant Rd is being listed for sale at $7.4 million:
AlbertC
Superstar
Mount Pleasant’s historic Regent Theatre property has been sold
Oct 27, 2020
Midtown’s Regent Theatre has been conditionally sold. The theatre, located at 551 Mount Pleasant Rd., is listed for sale at $7.4 million, which Patrick Cowie, sales representative at Colliers International, said is for the property, not the business.
The theatre opened as the Belsize Theatre in 1927 and has operated as a local movie house and live theatre for most of its existence. The marquee on the building facade and the architectural styling of the building are representative of the work of architect Murray Brown, who designed movie theatres across Canada and was among those chosen by the federal public works department to design small-scaled public works during the Great Depression.
It was listed on the City of Toronto’s heritage register in 1984 and in 2017 was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act alongside the nearby Mount Pleasant theatre, located at 675 Mount Pleasant Rd.
It’s currently closed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Cowie said that selling a movie theatre amidst COVID-19 was challenging.
“People looking to buy this are looking through COVID. People buy real estate for a long period of time,” said Cowie, who could not comment on the buyer or the buyer’s future plans for the property. “So they are looking past the pandemic and what the long- term viability is.”
Cowie said it is unlikely the property will be torn down to make way for a condo building.
“It’s partly because there is a heritage designation on it, so I think it would be quite impossible to knock it down.”
Designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act means that demolition or alteration of the building’s heritage attributes needs the approval of Toronto City Council.
The building was previously listed for sale three years ago for $9 million. At the time, councillor Josh Matlow, who had advocated for the site’s heritage designation, had asked city staff to see if there was a feasible model where the city could purchase the building and operate it as a theatre and event site on a cost recovery model.
Matlow called the theatre emblematic and said that Mount Pleasant would not look like Mount Pleasant without it.
trnto.com
Oct 27, 2020
Midtown’s Regent Theatre has been conditionally sold. The theatre, located at 551 Mount Pleasant Rd., is listed for sale at $7.4 million, which Patrick Cowie, sales representative at Colliers International, said is for the property, not the business.
The theatre opened as the Belsize Theatre in 1927 and has operated as a local movie house and live theatre for most of its existence. The marquee on the building facade and the architectural styling of the building are representative of the work of architect Murray Brown, who designed movie theatres across Canada and was among those chosen by the federal public works department to design small-scaled public works during the Great Depression.
It was listed on the City of Toronto’s heritage register in 1984 and in 2017 was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act alongside the nearby Mount Pleasant theatre, located at 675 Mount Pleasant Rd.
It’s currently closed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Cowie said that selling a movie theatre amidst COVID-19 was challenging.
“People looking to buy this are looking through COVID. People buy real estate for a long period of time,” said Cowie, who could not comment on the buyer or the buyer’s future plans for the property. “So they are looking past the pandemic and what the long- term viability is.”
Cowie said it is unlikely the property will be torn down to make way for a condo building.
“It’s partly because there is a heritage designation on it, so I think it would be quite impossible to knock it down.”
Designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act means that demolition or alteration of the building’s heritage attributes needs the approval of Toronto City Council.
The building was previously listed for sale three years ago for $9 million. At the time, councillor Josh Matlow, who had advocated for the site’s heritage designation, had asked city staff to see if there was a feasible model where the city could purchase the building and operate it as a theatre and event site on a cost recovery model.
Matlow called the theatre emblematic and said that Mount Pleasant would not look like Mount Pleasant without it.
Mount Pleasant's historic Regent Theatre property has been sold
The theatre opened in 1927 and has operated as a local movie house and live theatre for most of its existence.
trnto.com
AlbertC
Superstar
Another development possibly on the horizon for the Yonge & Davisville area.
50 & 64 Merton Street are listed for sale:
50 & 64 Merton Street are listed for sale: